Sunday, May 03, 2009

Growing Up...

The boys are doing great! They are both so full of energy. They get in these spells where they run all over the cage like they've been given caffeine. It's so funny to watch! I've been having free play with them in the bathroom since it is the smallest room in the apartment and the most rat proofed. They love it. Yesterday, Cody took to climbing up my boyfriend's shirt and tickling him. It was so funny. Rex is slowly warming up to me. He will crawl out on my arm now with only the coaxing of a single Cheerio which he LOVES. I have never seen a creature that loves something as much as he loves Cheerios. He'll even steal Cheerios from Cody. The first time I took them out for free play, Rex wouldn't leave the bonding pouch so Cody would go out the get the Cheerios and bring them back for Rex.Now they both enjoy exploring me and the bathroom. It's a lot less stressful to interact that way than in my room where there are so many places they can get lost and hurt. They also enjoy play wrestling with each other. Sometimes they scare me because they look like they are playing so roughly, but neither one has any injuries. At first Rex wouldn't leave the green igloo. Now both boys sleep in the tube hammock together. Cody has also taken to climbing out on top of the cage when I open the door for them. It's fun to watch them climb around all over everything. They have a lot more energy than Petey ever did. It sounds like in a couple of months they'll start to become "squishier" and lazier. I can't wait for the point where most of what they want to do is be held. Next Wednesday they'll be moved out to my new apartment. I'm really excited about it. I'm sure they'll do just fine and they'll have so much exploring to do. Tomorrow will be the first cage cleaning as well as the first time they get weighed. It should be interesting...

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